Acts 19:37

Mace New Testament

for the men you have brought here, have neither plunder'd your temples, nor inveigh'd against your goddess.

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
These boys you brought in have not stolen, damaged, or spoke against Artemis."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For you have brought these men here who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.

Legacy Standard Bible
For you have brought these men here who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.

Bible in Basic English
For you have taken these men, who are not doing damage to the holy place or talking against our goddess.

Darby Translation
For ye have brought these men, [who are] neither temple-plunderers, nor speak injuriously of your goddess.

New King James Version
For you have brought these men here who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your [fn] goddess.

Christian Standard Bible®
For you have brought these men here who are not temple robbers or blasphemers of our goddess.

World English Bible
For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For ye have brought these men, who are neither robbers of temples, nor blasphemers of your goddess.

Weymouth's New Testament
For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.

King James Version (1611)
For ye haue brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of Churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddesse:

Literal Translation
For you brought these men, being neither temple robbers nor blaspheming your goddess.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ye haue broughte hither these men, which are nether churchrobbers ner blasphemers off youre goddesse.

Amplified Bible
"For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.

American Standard Version
For ye have brought hither these men, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.

Revised Standard Version
For you have brought these men here who are neither sacrilegious nor blasphemers of our goddess.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For ye have brought hyther these me whiche are nether robbers of churches nor yet despisers of youre goddes.

Update Bible Version
For you have brought [here] these men, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.

Webster's Bible Translation
For ye have brought hither these men, who are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.

Young's Literal Translation
`For ye brought these men, who are neither temple-robbers nor speaking evil of your goddess;

New Century Version
You brought these men here, but they have not said anything evil against our goddess or stolen anything from her temple.

New English Translation
For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.

Berean Standard Bible
For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.

Contemporary English Version
You have brought men in here who have not robbed temples or spoken against our goddess.

Complete Jewish Bible
For you have brought these men here who have neither robbed the temple nor insulted your goddess.

English Standard Version
For you have brought these men here who are neither sacrilegious nor blasphemers of our goddess.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For yee haue brought hither these men, which haue neither committed sacrilege, neither doe blaspheme your goddesse.

George Lamsa Translation
For you have brought these men here who have neither robbed temples nor have they reviled our goddess.

Hebrew Names Version
For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.

International Standard Version
For you have brought these men here, although they neither rob temples nor blaspheme ouryour">[fn] goddess.

Etheridge Translation
Yet have you brought these men who have neither spoiled temples nor blasphemed our goddess.

Murdock Translation
For ye have brought forward these men, when they have robbed no temples, and have not reviled our goddess.

New Living Translation
You have brought these men here, but they have stolen nothing from the temple and have not spoken against our goddess.

New Life Bible
The men you brought here do not rob houses of worship or talk against our god.

English Revised Version
For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.

New Revised Standard
You have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For ye have brought these men, neither as temple-robbers, nor as defaming our goddess.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For you have brought hither these men, who are neither guilty of sacrilege nor of blasphemy against your goddess.

King James Version
For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.

Lexham English Bible
For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For ye haue brought hyther these men, which are neither robbers of Churches nor yet despisers of your goddesse.

Easy-to-Read Version
"You brought these men here, but they have not said anything bad against our goddess. They have not stolen anything from her temple.

New American Standard Bible
"For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.

Good News Translation
You have brought these men here even though they have not robbed temples or said evil things about our goddess.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for ye han brouyt these men, nethir sacrilegeris, nethir blasfemynge youre goddesse.

Contextual Overview

²¹ after this, Paul had a design to pass thro' Macedonia and Achaia in his way to Jerusalem: purposing when he had been there to make a visit to Rome. ²² he sent therefore Timothy and Erastus, two of his assistants in the ministry, before to Macedonia; but stay'd himself in Asia for some time. ²³ It was then a tumult happen'd at Ephesus upon account of the christian sect. ²⁴ for one Demetrius, a silver-smith, who made little models of Diana's temple, and so furnish'd a deal of employment to the workmen in that trade, ²⁵ summon'd the company, and thus address'd them, "tho' you know, sirs, it is by this craft that we are in such plight, ²⁶ yet your own eyes and ears have inform'd you, that not only at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul by his persuasions has turn'd the heads of a world of people, asserting, that these are Gods of our own making, and not really such. ²⁷ so that not only our profession runs the risk of being vilified; but the temple of the great goddess Diana will be depreciated, and her majesty, so rever'd thro' all Asia, and the whole world, will be discarded." ²⁸ at these words, they were fir'd with indignation, and cry'd out, "great is Diana of the Ephesians." ²⁹ and the whole city was fill'd with confusion: all crouded in a body to the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, both of Macedonia, who had travell'd with Paul. ³⁰ upon this Paul was bent upon going. to the populace,

Bible Verse Review
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which: Acts 25:8, 1 Corinthians 10:32, 2 Corinthians 6:3

Reciprocal: Acts 24:6 - gone

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For ye have brought hither these men,.... The Arabic version reads, "these two men"; that is, Gaius and Aristarchus, whom they had brought by force into the theatre to fight with wild beasts:

which are neither robbers of churches; or "temples"; or, as the Arabic version renders it, "robbers of the vessels of the temple", sacrilegious persons; they have not stolen anything out of the temple of Diana, nor any other:

nor yet blasphemers of your goddess; they have not made mention of her name, much less said anything against her, at least this officer did not know that they had; and if he had, he did not stick to tell an officious lie to screen them, as did the Egyptian midwives in favour of the Hebrew women.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For ye ... - Demetrius and his friends. The blame was to be traced to them.

Which are neither robbers of churches - The word “churches” we now apply to edifices reared for purposes of Christian worship. Since no such churches had then been built, this translation is unhappy, and is not at all demanded by the original. The Greek word ἱεροσύλους hierosulous is applied properly to those who commit sacrilege; who plunder temples of their sacred things. The meaning here is that Paul and his companions had not been guilty of robbing the temple of Diana, or any other temple. The charge of sacrilege could not be brought against them. Though they had preached against idols and idol worship, yet they had offered no violence to the temples of idolaters, nor had they attempted to strip them of the sacred utensils employed in their service. What they had done, they had done peaceably.

Nor yet blasphemers of your goddess - They had not used harsh or reproachful language of Diana. This had not been charged on them, nor is there the least evidence that they had done it. They had opposed idolatry; had reasoned against it; and had endeavored to turn the people from it. But there is not the least evidence that they had ever done it in harsh or reproachful language. This shows that people should employ reason, and not harsh or reproachful language against a pervading evil; and that the way to remove it is to enlighten the minds of people, and to convince them of the error of their ways. People gain nothing by bitter and reviling words; and it is much to obtain the testimony of even the enemies of religion as Paul did of the chancellor of Ephesus - that no such words had been used in describing their crimes and follies.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 37. These men - are neither robbers of churches — ιρεσυλους; Spoilers of sacred places. As his design evidently was to appease and conciliate the people, he fixed first on a most incontrovertible fact: These men have not spoiled your temples; nor is there any evidence that they have even blasphemed your goddess. The apostles acted as prudent men should: they endeavoured to enlighten the minds of the multitude, that the absurdity of their gross errors might be the more apparent; for, when they should know the truth, it was likely that they would at once abandon such gross falsehood.